The City of Vincent is a local government area of

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. It covers an area of approximately in metropolitan

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, the capital of Western Australia, and lies about 3 km from the

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. The City of Vincent maintains 139 km of roads and 104 ha of parks and gardens. It had a population of over 33,000 at the 2016 Census.

History

The City of Vincent is named after the street of that name that runs through it, which itself was believed to have been named by the chief draftsman in the

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, George Vincent, after himself in about 1876. George Vincent was the recipient of the land on the north side of the street, east of Charles Street, in the first Crown grant of Perth. In May 1895, the developing area that included Leederville and

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was gazetted the Leederville Roads Board. In 1895, the Leederville Roads Board became a municipality, and in April 1897 was divided into north, south and central wards. By this point the municipal population had reached more than one thousand people. In 1914, the

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led to the amalgamation of the municipalities of North Perth, Leederville and

(subsequently joined in 1917 by

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). On 1 July 1994, the restructure of the

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by the Government of Western Australia created three new local governments: the Town of Vincent, the

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and the Town of Shepperton (now the

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), plus a smaller

. It became the City of Vincent when it gained city status on 1 July 2011. In 2014, a municipal reform proposal to abolish the City and split its territory between the City of Perth and the City of Stirling was countered with a proposal to amalgamate Vincent with Perth. Ultimately these negotiations failed and the reform process was abandoned, with no change to the boundaries of the City of Vincent.

Suburbs

The suburbs of the City of Vincent with population and size figures based on the most recent

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: *( * indicates shared with City of Stirling) *( ** indicates shared with

) *( *** indicates shared with City of Stirling and

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)

Population

Sister cities

The City of Vincent has signed a friendship charter with the city of

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, in

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Heritage listed places

As of 2021, 423 places are heritage-listed in the City of Vincent, of which 63 are on the

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, among them

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, East Perth Power Station and the Redemptorist Monastery.

References

External links

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Vincent Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...